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United Arab Emirates: Ambulances without Licence to Face Fines in Dubai

\"Licencing the van is mandatory and will be made after the ambulance passes the tests related to the equipment, and sterilises its tools and apparatuses.\"\r\nPrivate hospitals, polyclinics, clinics and health institutions which have the ambulance service in Dubai should have their service vans licensed, said Dr Omar Al Saqqaf, director of the medical and technical affairs department at Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services (DCAS).

United Arab Emirates: Helipads along Dubai Metro for Emergencies

Dubai: These helipads can be used during emergency situations and medical evacuation with the aim of trimming the response time to emergencies and crises. Helipads will be constructed at 3 locations along the way of the Dubai Metro, namely Rashidiya, Qusais and Jebel Ali, announced the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).\r\nThese helipads can be used during emergency situations and medical evacuation with the aim of trimming the response time to emergencies and crises.

Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will soon roll out the new Clinical Information System (CIS) across all its Paediatric Emergency Centres (PECs) starting with Airport PEC in October.The CIS go-live is also being planned in Al Dhaayen, Al Sadd, Al Rayyan and Al Shamal Paediatric Emergency Centres in January, April, June and July 2016 respectively.\r\nAnnouncing the planned CIS go-live in the PECs, Dr Khalid al- Ansari, senior consultant in Paediatric Emergency Services and director of Al Sadd PEC said during the go-live the PECs will replace their existing paper patient clinical records system with the new electronic system.

United Arab Emirates: Mock-Emergency Exercise at Abu Dhabi Airport on October 11

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Airports will conduct a mock-emergency exercise at Abu Dhabi International Airport on Sunday (October 11).Response teams from various units, including airport operations, security, fire and rescue, police, and medical services, will test their coordinated response to an emergency situation.\r\nThe exercise, which is in accordance with regulations issued by the General Civil Aviation Authority and in compliance with recommendations from the International Civil Aviation Organisation, will run for approximately two hours, between 2pm and 4pm.

United Arab Emirates: UCTH Shuts Emergency Ward over Ebola Scare

This is to confirm which virus must have caused the infection and death and the result is expected on Monday (October 12)” he concluded. Health officials are investigating the case.\r\nMeanwhile, the management of UCTH said it had informed all relevant agencies about the development, including the National Centre for Disease Control, Federal Ministry of Health and Cross River government. “A few of his family members, especially the brother and sister had a history of chicken pox in the last one week, prior to his falling ill”.